1. a color varying from light crimson to pale reddish purple.
2. any of several plants of the genus Dianthus, as the clove pink or carnation.
3. the flower of such a plant; carnation.
4. the highest or best form, degree, or example of something: Those runners are in the pink of condition. Her parties are the pink of perfection.
5. pinko.
6. a carbon copy, as of a sales slip or invoice, made on pink tissue paper.
7. pinks,
• pink coat.
• pinkish-tan gabardine trousers formerly worn by military officers as part of the dress uniform.
8. the scarlet color of hunting pinks.

9. of the color pink: pink marble.
10. Older Slang: Disparaging.
• holding mildly leftist political opinions.
• leaning toward communist ideology.
11. of or relating to gay people or gay sexual orientation.

12. healthy, physically fit, or in high spirits: I’m feeling very much in the pink today, after a refreshing walk in the countryside.
13. tickle (def. 11).

1. to pierce with a rapier or the like; stab.
2. to finish (fabric) at the edge with a scalloped, notched, or other pattern, as to prevent fraying or for ornament.
3. to punch (cloth, leather, etc.) with small holes or figures for ornament.
4. to adorn or ornament, especially with scalloped edges or a punched-out pattern.

1. a vessel with a pink stern.

1. any of a group of colours with a reddish hue that are of low to moderate saturation and can usually reflect or transmit a large amount of light; a pale reddish tint
2. pink cloth or clothing
3. any of various Old World plants of the caryophyllaceous genus Dianthus, such as D. plumarius (garden pink), cultivated for their fragrant flowers
4. any of various plants of other genera, such as the moss pink
5. the flower of any of these plants
6. the highest or best degree, condition, etc (esp in the phrases in the pink of health, in the pink)
• a huntsman's scarlet coat
• a huntsman who wears a scarlet coat

8. of the colour pink
9. left-wing
10. US derogatory
• sympathetic to or influenced by Communism
• leftist or radical, esp half-heartedly
11. of or relating to homosexuals or homosexuality
12. (of a huntsman's coat) scarlet or red

13. (intr) another word for knock (def. 7)

1. to prick lightly with a sword or rapier
2. to decorate (leather, cloth, etc) with a perforated or punched pattern
3. to cut with pinking shears

1. a sailing vessel with a narrow overhanging transom

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